Bearup v. Voss

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

In this special action we must decide whether petitioner, Thomas R. Bearup, is eligible to be a candidate for the Arizona State House of Representatives. Specifically, we must determine whether Article IV, Part 2, Section 2, of the Arizona Constitution requires that a candidate for the state legislature be a resident of the state for three years and the county from which he is to be elected for one year immediately preceding his election.

*490Petitioner was born in and resided in Arizona until 1975, when he moved to Alaska, where he resided until returning to Arizona in July,…